Articles
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
― George Washington
The First Man in Rome — The Apotheosis of Gaius Marius!
This is a wonderful introduction to the “Masters of Rome” series of historic novels by famed author Colleen McCullough. The first tome in this series,
Violence, mental illness, and the brain — A brief history of psychosurgery: Part 2 — From the limbic system and cingulotomy to deep brain stimulation
Abstract — Knowledge of neuroscience flourished during and in the wake of the era of frontal lobotomy, as a byproduct of psychosurgery in the late
Farewell: The Greatest Spy Story of the Twentieth Century by Sergei Kostin and Eric Raynaud
The disintegration of the USSR is inextricably entwined and intimately related to the life and times, failures and accomplishments, paradoxes and contradictions of the courageous
Violence, mental illness, and the brain — A brief history of psychosurgery: Part 1 — From trephination to lobotomy
Abstract — Psychosurgery was developed early in human prehistory (trephination) as a need perhaps to alter aberrant behavior and treat mental illness. The “American Crowbar
A critique of psychologist B. F. Skinner’s Beyond Freedom and Dignity
B. F. Skinner (1909-1990) was a prominent professor of psychology at Harvard (1958-1974) and a founder of Operant and Behavioral Psychology. I revisited his work
Fidel and Raúl Castro — Communist Brethren
In his book, After Fidel: The Inside Story of Castro’s Regime and Cuba’s Next Leader, author Brian Latell, a National Intelligence Officer (1990-1994) and the
